Djangkawu performance at government house, darwin celebrating the launch of the yalangbara. All yolngu people in north eastern arnhem land belong to one of two basic divisions, or moieties, called dhuwa and yirritja. Cas110 introduction to yolngu languages and culture. This book is designed to be used to teach the yolngu matha alphabet. Rich bird life, culture inspires yirrkala teenager siena stubbs to. This dictionary was produced by david zorc in the 1980s at the school for australian linguistics at batchelor institute and at the time was a ground breaking comprehensive documentation of the vocabularies of yol. Yolngu teachers were also on hand during the workshops to assist the students in the writing of the story in dhangu, one of the yolngu matha. The volume will also contain a learners guide and a history of the language, to help people who do not speak yolngu hand signs to learn how the language works. Announcing our new yolngu learning portal djambatj marram means to skill yourself up or get trained. This story takes place at gulkula, for the matjurr people, whom we now know as fruit bats. Yolngu sign language to be preserved in worldfirst. While there is extensive variation between these dialects, there is generally common mutual intelligibility, hence the umbrella group of yolngu matha. Nhulunbuy kids write groundbreaking new book in yolgnu matha. A yolngu matha language course is taught at northern territory university.
The students also worked on a story with some elders of their community, a story that is written entirely in dhangu, a yolngu matha language. They organise their collective and individual lives. The book was written and illustrated by students aged 912 years from nhulunbuy primary school in the northern territory. This library has been created by the literature production centre for the yol. The finished book will be produced in two versions. These have become important historical documents for both yol. David zorc education technology unit, batchelor college batchelor, n. A precontact history of the yolngu people of northern australia, also known as the arnhem land. The history of the relationship between yolngu matha. It is located in the northeastern corner of the territory and is around 500 km 310 mi from the territory capital.
T wikipedia citation please see wikipedias template documentation for further. A cd with waymamba reading each story accompanies the book. The ethnonym murrgin gained currency after its extensive use in a book by the american anthropologist w. Yolngu hear the its coming to their communities but theyre not sure what its about. Yolngu land tenure is a system based on rational economic principles while deriving its validity and moral force from a rich religious mythology. This informative video explores the creation stores, societal structures, and precontact. English is very much a second or thirteenth language. Yolngu matha pronunciation hollow log didgeridoos australia. Kids books translated to aboriginal languages more than 5000 childrens picture books translated into aboriginal languages will be distributed.
Each letter is illustrated with a picture that was chosen for its shape and as an example of the sound. In return for the yolngu allowing them to gather pearls and trepang, the macassans provided the yolngu with various goods including knives, canoes, metal, tobacco, and pipes. There is a rhyme that goes with it and i shall do a recording of it for youtube when i have a copy of the book. In a step to providing better resources for children who speak yolngu matha. One will be in yolgnu matha and will be gifted to communities and schools like nhulunbuy and yirrkala where yolngu matha is the students first language. The book is a contribution to the ethnography of australian aborigines, to comparative huntergatherer studies, to the analysis of systems of land tenure, and to the history of ideas about property. It is published in english and yolngu matha and describes life for. This created an impulse to write asians back into australian history, including a series of books and films on afghans in australia. In return for the yolngu allowing them to gather pearls and trepang, the macassans provided the yolngu. The yolngu people had trading contact with macassans from indonesia for at least 100 years prior to the arrival of the europeans. In this program we introduce the names of the coronavirus and covid19. Yolngu studies lecturer yasunori hayashi said the online dictionary would enable students to use a smart phone to search for yolngu matha words.
Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new. The course concentrates on yolngu matha yolngu language forms of. We would like to give a short introduction into the pronunciation of some of the sounds that you can see on our website also the ones, that you. Dictionary for children who speak yolngu matha languages a.
As part of the graduate certificate in yolngu studies, grace collated and edited an illustrated childrens dictionary in yolngu matha djambarrpuy. There has been an indigenous community at yirrkala throughout recorded history, but the community increased enormously in size when yirrkala mission was founded in 1935. A group of borroloola women produced this book to share their knowledge of karrwa bush foods and the karrwa language with others. Encyclopedia of the yolngu posted on february 10, 20 by will on our first trip to australia in 1990, still largely ignorant of aboriginal art despite the trip being. Treaty by yothu yindi a trojan horse in the culture wars. The ilf has translated the very hungry caterpillar into yolngu matha, and head. For closed captioning, please click cc in the action bar. Arnhem land is a historical region of the northern territory of australia. Arnhem land communitys teaching success blending aboriginal culture. Released in june 1991, treaty was the first song by a. Along with the popular kids books, a suite of original storybooks.
English is a second or thirteenth language for many yolngu. Books and app for teaching and testing pronunciation and spelling. Yolngu people speak a dozen dialects of a language group known as yolngu matha. The reference book contains more than 400 sentences in gupapuynu. Liyadhalinymirr djambarrpuyngu english cem translations auckland, n. This podcast looks at the short linguistic history that exists between english and yolngu matha. On friday, garma attendees heard the uluru statement read out, in english by actor jack thompson, and in yolngu matha by yalmay yunupingu, a yolngu educator and leader. Australia not a united country, yolngu leader tells garma. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the life and languages of the many nations of yol.
The other will be mostly in english, with some yolgnu matha. Choose a location where you wish to save the font file. The linguistic situation is very complicated, since each of the 25 or so clans also has a named language variety. It is more interactive and students with minimal internet access can look up the meanings of yolngu matha. It explains the difference between tangible and intangible language and how this affects yolngu education. Austronesian loanwords in yolngu matha of northeast arnhem land, aboriginal history. What was safe to swim the other week might not be safe today. The very hungry caterpillar into yolngu matha and head, shoulders. They chose gupapuyngu because most of the educational materials for yolngu matha are in this dialect. Lauriston sharp the first adequately rounded out descriptive picture of an australian aboriginal. Kunjba wardan baki kunjba jingkal ngambalangi munji munji. Learn a little yolgnu matha in a new book from nhulunbuy.
It also discusses the lack of useful dictionaries for yolngu matha. Yolngu matha batchelor institute press online store. Iconic kids books including the hungry caterpillar are being translated. Learn a little yolgnu matha in a new book from nhulunbuy in august 2018, a group of talented students at nhulunbuy primary school in the gove peninsula, nt participated in their second. Yolngu aboriginal australians live as members of around 20 different clan groups in northeast arnhem land in australias northern territory. Mathematics of yolngu aboriginal australians springerlink. More than 5000 picture books translated into aboriginal languages will be. This new site offers the opportunity to gain both basic and. These programs will share information about the coronavirus as its updated, including its spread and how to manage it. This is the story of ganbulapula, the ceremonial manager, the singing man.
Our birds, which has also been published under the yolngu matha title. Lloyd warner, whose study of the yolngu, a black civilization. Local governance and planning are now the responsibility of the yolngu. The ethnonym murrgin gained currency after its extensive use in a book by the. Learn a little yolgnu matha in a new book from nhulunbuy in august 2018, a group of talented students at nhulunbuy primary school in the gove peninsula, nt participated in their second round of workshops. Students at nhulunbuy primary school have written a book about life in. Yolngu matha is comprised of twelve different dialects, each with its own yolngu name. Treaty by yothu yindi a trojan horse in the culture wars the yolngu song never quite achieved what it set out to in the lifetime of its author, but it gave reconciliation in. This book was designed to be used daily with students to reinforce their knowledge of the letter namessounds and shape. The unit is designed to give and introduction to the life and language of yolngu people in northeast arnhemland. Bringing the book buzz to youngsters department of. Michael christie, and waymamba gaykamangu, senior lecturer in yolngu studies, teach gupapuyngu, one of the yolngu dialects. Treaty is a song by australian musical group yothu yindi, which is made up of aboriginal and balanda nonaboriginal members.
This is one of the points of confusion that many yolngu have. The kids are growing and not knowing how to write their own yolngu matha name, laments jane miyatatawuy, a former teacher from the top end coastal communities of ramingining and milingimbi. Yolngu aboriginal person is the name of a group of intermarrying clans who live in the three main townships of. Yolngu matha is the main language in yirrkala, but there are different dialects.
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